I hated turn based games with a passion, and always refused to play HOM&M, but xcom changed my view entirely. got it, played it for like a week straight, with no alternative game breaks in between, and loved every second. genuinely made me rage when on of my special unit died. Most of those other games were indeed fairly awesome, but i liked their genre in the first place. for the very reason of converting my opinion, XCOM is my GOTY.